Self-injury motives: A person-centered examination.

Katherine L Dixon-Gordon Brianna J Turner Lauren A Haliczer Kim L Gratz Matthew T TullAlexander L Chapman

Published in: Suicide & life-threatening behavior (2022)

This study identified five classes of NSSI motives. Participants who report multiple motives for NSSI may be more clinically severe, whereas those who report strong desires to communicate with others or punish themselves may be at the highest risk for more frequent NSSI over time.

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early onset